JCPOA Commitments: Iran will Increase its Nuclear R & D
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-05
In response to Britain, France, Germany, and the EU's continued failure to fulfill their mandated JCPOA obligations, Iranian President Rouhani said his government will increase its nuclear R & D beginning September 6. | It's the third rollback of its voluntary …
globalresearch.ca/iran-reduces-voluntary-jcpoa-commitments/5688168

Defying the Nuclear Sword
Robert C. Koehler | commondreams.org | 2019-09-05
Ordinary citizens have begun to hold the nation, and its military, accountable. (Photo: @kingsbayplow7/Twitter) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/kingsbay.jpeg …
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JCPOA (Nuclear) Negotiations with Iran Are a Test of the EU's Geopolitical Credibility
Padraig McGrath | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-05
On September 4th, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that Iran would give the EU a further 60 days to come back into compliance with its economic commitments under the JCPOA before Iran would initiate a third phase of withdrawal from …
globalresearch.ca/jcpoa-negotiations-test-eu-geo-political-credibility/5688170

Belarus Is Between a Rock and a Hard Place. "Balance" its Relations between Russia and the US
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-05
Belarus is in the unenviable position of being caught in the middle of the New Cold War and having to delicately "balance" relations between Russia and the US. | US National Security Advisor Bolton's trip late last month to Belarus was | …
globalresearch.ca/belarus-between-rock-hard-place/5688140

Russia and Turkey's ongoing cooperation provokes tension with Europe and the US
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-09-05
Turkey's purchase of the Russian S-400 systems (in spite of US sanctions and threats), along with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's recent visit to Russia and joint inspection of the latest Su-35 and Su-57 fighters with Russian President Vladimir Putin, are both clear indications of the ongoing split in the American-European axis. The US quickly …
uwidata.com/5218-turkish-russian-cooperation-as-a-turbulent-factor-in-us-european-relations/

The Hitler-Stalin Pact, a Reply
Jacques R. Pauwels | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-05
There are many inaccuracies in the Proyect/Szelegieniec essay, but I will comment only on a few of the most important ones: + The Red Army's march into [Eastern] Poland was not an "imperial incursion," as LP and PS claim. "Eastern Poland" was Ukrainian and Belorussian territory taken by Poland when it invaded Soviet Russia in…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/05/the-hitler-stalin-pact-a-reply/

Turkey's warning to NATO
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-09-05
àúnal àáevikà∂z, the deputy opposition leader of the main opposition party in Turkey, the Republican People's Party (RPP, Turk. CHP), commented on President Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan's recent trip to Russia, saying: "We are concerned that if Turkey, a member of NATO, continues to purchase weapons that are not can be integrated into the Alliance system, …
uwidata.com/5228-turkeys-warning-to-nato/

What if we made the electoral college moot?
Chris Winters | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-05
Immediately after the 2016 presidential election, many liberal circles were buzzing about how to prevent Donald Trump from taking office, especially after evidence of Russian interference emerged and after Trump continued to demonstrate his temperament and complete lack of qualification and preparation for the job. Maybe the Electoral College would go rogue and vote for …
nationofchange.org/2019/09/05/what-if-we-made-the-electoral-college-moot/

US-NATO-Israel Threats against Iran. Israel's Nuclear Weapons
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-04
US, NATO, Israeli missiles and other weapons are used time and again for naked aggression. | Judge them by their actions, warrior states, global menace nations, threatening everyone everywhere. | The Islamic Republic of Iran never attacked another country preemptively. It's the …
globalresearch.ca/iran-legitimate-ballistic-missile-program/5688099

Apartheid Had Always Been the Plan
Kenn Orphan | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-04
What do wealthy capitalists do in response to the ever present threat of nuclear annihilation or a biosphere teetering on the edge of collapse? Why they build enormous, fortified bunkers deep underground, of course. Here they can live like the descendants of the mammals that survived the extinction of the dinosaurs in the late Cretaceous…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/04/apartheid-had-always-been-the-plan/

Human rights are everyone's business, amid relentless crises around world: UN's Bachelet
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-04
The relentless outbreak of crises around the world — from the fires in the Amazon to "carnage" in Syria and demonstrations in Hong Kong, Russia, Indonesian Papua and elsewhere – risk pushing the world "further and further away from global solutions to global problems", the UN's top rights official said on Wednesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1045602

Russia and Turkey intensify military cooperation over US objections
wsws.org | 2019-09-04
Turkish purchases of Russian missiles and possibly fighter jets are fuelling tensions between Turkey and its imperialist allies in Washington and Europe.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/04/mosc-s04.html

What We Still Do Not Know About Russiagate
Stephen F. Cohen | thenation.com | 2019-09-04
What We Still Do Not Know About Russiagate…
thenation.com/article/what-we-still-do-not-know-about-russiagate/

US conducts ground launch cruise missile test
Ian Gamble | liberationnews.org | 2019-09-02
On Aug. 18, less than three weeks after scrapping the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty, the U.S. launched a ballistic cruise missile from San Nicholas Island, CA.
liberationnews.org/us-conducts-ground-launch-cruise-missile-test/

Undeclared US Airstrike on Syria's Idlib Leaves Multiple Casualties
RT | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-02
Sending no warning to Russia or Turkey, the US bombed an array of targets within Idlib, Syria, killing numerous civilians and threatening the hard-earned truce across the province, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The air raid led to "multiple casualties and destruction" around two villages in the Idlib province, where a fragile ceasefire between government …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/undeclared-us-airstrike-on-syrias-idlib-leaves-multiple-casualties/

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell hits Russiagate rock bottom
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-08-31
Aaron Maté slams MSNBC's latest Russiagate dud, exposing how Lawrence O'Donnell's embarrassing retraction is part of a pattern of bogus…
thegrayzone.com/2019/08/31/aaron-mate-demolishes-lawrence-odonnells-embarrassing-russiagate-retraction/

Does scathing Comey report preview a Russiagate reckoning?
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-08-30
A scathing DOJ report rebukes former FBI director Jim Comey for leaks about the Trump-Russia investigation. Scholar and author Stephen…
thegrayzone.com/2019/08/30/scathing-comey-report-russiagate-reckoning/

A safe zone in Syria: a renewed military crisis or a diplomatic solution?
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-08-29
The establishment of safe zones in war-torn countries is supposed to entail a reduction in violence. However, in the present situation in Syria, US involvement in the establishment of a safe zone will lead to the direct military entrenchment of Washington, Turkey, Russia, and Syria, and will only cause the situation to deteriorate further. WHY …
uwidata.com/5160-a-safe-zone-in-syria-a-renewed-military-crisis-or-a-diplomatic-solution/

Remembering Legendary Peace Activist Frances Crowe, Who Died at 100 After Decades of Resisting War
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-08-29
The legendary peace activist Frances Crowe died this week at the age of 100 in Northampton, Massachusetts. Over the past seven decades, Frances had been arrested countless times while protesting war, nuclear weapons, nuclear power and the construction of new pipelines. She is survived by her two sons, a daughter and an international community of peace activists. We revisit a 2005 interview of Frances Crowe by Amy Goodman and recognize her lifetime of advocacy.
www.democracynow.org/2019/8/29/remembering_legendary_peace_activist_frances_crowe

G7 Summit: Critical Outcomes
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-08-28
In the French city of Biarritz, a three-day summit featuring the heads of state from 7 of the world's largest economies (Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Canada, the USA, France and Japan) has come to a close. The hottest topics of discussion were trade relations, a nuclear deal with Iran, the protests in Hong Kong, the …
uwidata.com/5103-g7-summit-critical-outcomes/